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Barbara Rittner#108 def. Naoko Sawamatsu#35

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date May 28, 1998*
Tournament Roland Garros
Category Grand Slam
Surface Clay
RoundR64
Winner Barbara Rittner
Score6-3 6-4
Loser Naoko Sawamatsu

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Pre-match Comparison

FieldBarbara RittnerNaoko Sawamatsu
Country GER JPN
Birth dateApr 25, 1973Mar 23, 1973
Age2525
Height173167
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed Backhand—
Ranking (entering)10835
Ranking points (entering)247747
Elo (entering)1,6751,763
Career W-L209–217182–127
Career earnings$1,829,648$1,107,264
Pre-match H2H
Barbara Rittner 0 – 2 Naoko Sawamatsu

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Path

Barbara Rittner's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 27, 1998R128 Segolene Berger 6-0 6-2WH2HMatch data

Barbara Rittner's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 31, 1998R32 Anna Smashnova 1-6 6-4 6-1LH2HMatch data

Naoko Sawamatsu's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 27, 1998R128 Lenka Nemeckova 6-3 2-6 7-5WH2HMatch data